Being over ambitious as a new quilter and blogger, I have set a goal to finish at least 1 something a week. Be that a quilt, a mug rug or if all else fails a good sandwich. Wait that won't work. Lets try it again. 1 quilt, a mug rug, a um well something sewn. Any way that will be 52 finishes for the year.
My 2012 Finishes will be where I list them all. But what I want to know is how many of you can keep up the pace with me and finish 52 things for the year. What better way to keep up then to 1 work on your quilts, and 2 share those with others. Being a web developer by trade, I know how important a link to another blog is (hint linking to me makes me happy) and I want you all to make sure you have at least 1 person look at your finish. (that's me). I will make a honorable attempt to look at every finish added to my list and try to make a comment on most of them. At the very least I will follow the blog of every one that links a finish.
So for the rules.
1) Who likes rules. Toss them out.
2) Add a link to your blog or where every you store your pictures.
3) Visit a few of the finishes and comment or encourage them on.
Not Required but fun to do
1) Follow my blog.
2) Follow the blog of all those that link.
3) Link back to my blog.
4) No finish, go quilt and stop reading the web.
This is the first quilt that I have stressed over. I have created a lot of Rag Quilts and they do not stress me in the least. When you screw up a edge on them you just fray it and wash it. On this quilt, I had to machine sew it (and don't look at it up close its terrible). 
It has puckers bad down near one of the corners and there is a sizable overlap. Its not the best work ever, but I learned from it. I learned that the batting that I have been using stinks and I will never buy it again.
I learned what the word basting is (sadly I machined quilted it before fully grasping the concept). I can proudly say though that the machine binding on it is FANTASTIC!
OK maybe not that good but the best that I have done to date. You can see I zig zaged my label on it, not perfect but its mine. You can also see the mitered corners turned out well thank you to http://www.redpepperquilts.com/ where I found a great tutorial for binding (its on her right bar half way down, got distracted once when noticed it making a comment). Sunday my wife was kind enough to finally pose for a picture my first official picture of her (not censored) on the blog to date. I am sure I will get more as you can see she has caught the bug (literally) in the last picture of her tonight.
I came home and she proudly showed off the bug material she bought today for her bug jar quilt. I found one I loved on a blog and pinned it on my pintrest quilt board http://pinterest.com/rhealey101/quilts/ where I have been pinning projects I want to try. She is catching the bug, still not willing to sew, but she is now cutting out stuff for 2 quilts she wants me to sew up for her. You will note from my tag that I had faith in her all along helping on our projects together. 18 years of marriage and we finally find a hobby we both can deal with.
Awesomeness Jared's Lap quilt is done. I started a Large quilt for Jared in the post Jeans for Jared, it is far from complete. He not being the most patient child and wanting to cut every ones jeans up for his quilt. We decided to get him a lap quilt so that he would give dad just a little more time. I am sure by the quilt that no one could possibly guess what might be his favorite color?
